Discovering the sense of touch: Protocol for a randomised controlled trial examining the efficacy of a somatosensory discrimination intervention for children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

Background: Of children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy, 75% have impaired somatosensory function, which contributes to learned non-use of the affected upper limb. Currently, motor learning approaches are used to improve upper-limb motor skills in these children, but few studies have examined the eff...

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Main Authors: McLean, B., Blakeman, M., Carey, L., Ward, R., Novak, I., Valentine, J., Blair, E., Taylor, S., Bear, N., Bynevelt, M., Basc, E., Rose, S., Reid, L., Pannek, K., Angeli, J., Harpster, K., Elliott, Catherine
Format: Journal Article
Published: BioMed Central 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72963